Calais 
Ca·lais (ka lā′, kal′ā′; Brit also kal′i; Fr kȧ le′)
- seaport in N France, on the Strait of Dover: pop. 75,000
- (pät kȧ le′)Strait of Dover
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It is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais.
It has lately been brought to my knowledge That the Ministers fully design To suppress each cathedral and college, And eject every learned divine. To assist this detestable scheme Three nuncios from Rome are come over; They left Calais on Monday by steam, And landed to dinner at Dover.
When I am dead and opened, you shall find 'Calais' lying in my heart.
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